diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5edce2d232..d14790f756 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ We've added some `UnoCSS` utilities styles to help you with that:
 
 ## Internationalization
 
-We are using [vue-i18n](https://vue-i18n.intlify.dev/) via [nuxt-i18n](https://v8.i18n.nuxtjs.org/) to handle internationalization.
+We are using [vue-i18n](https://vue-i18n.intlify.dev/) via [nuxt-i18n](https://i18n.nuxtjs.org/) to handle internationalization.
 
 You can check the current [translation status](https://docs.elk.zone/docs/guide/contributing#translation-status): more instructions on the table caption.
 
diff --git a/config/i18n.ts b/config/i18n.ts
index c383a72c35..e51da89e51 100644
--- a/config/i18n.ts
+++ b/config/i18n.ts
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ export const countryLocaleVariants: Record<string, (LocaleObjectData & { country
 
 const locales: LocaleObjectData[] = [
   {
+    // @ts-expect-error en used as placeholder
     code: 'en',
     file: 'en.json',
     name: 'English',
   },
   ({
+    // @ts-expect-error ar used as placeholder
     code: 'ar',
     file: 'ar.json',
     name: 'العربية',
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ const locales: LocaleObjectData[] = [
     },
   } satisfies LocaleObjectData),
   {
+    // @ts-expect-error ca used as placeholder
     code: 'ca',
     file: 'ca.json',
     name: 'Català',
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ const locales: LocaleObjectData[] = [
     name: 'Nederlands',
   },
   {
+    // @ts-expect-error es used as placeholder
     code: 'es',
     file: 'es.json',
     name: 'Español',
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ const locales: LocaleObjectData[] = [
     },
   },
   {
+    // @ts-expect-error pt used as placeholder
     code: 'pt',
     file: 'pt.json',
     name: 'Português',
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 02730b0d02..a5419d0093 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -311,9 +311,12 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     lazy: true,
     strategy: 'no_prefix',
     detectBrowserLanguage: false,
-    langDir: 'locales',
+    langDir: resolve('locales'),
     defaultLocale: 'en-US',
-    vueI18n: './config/i18n.config.ts',
+    experimental: {
+      generatedLocaleFilePathFormat: 'relative',
+    },
+    vueI18n: resolve('./config/i18n.config.ts'),
   },
   pwa,
   staleDep: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27259c2ecc..c0032afcf4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@nuxt/devtools": "^1.5.2",
     "@nuxt/test-utils": "^3.14.3",
     "@nuxtjs/color-mode": "^3.4.4",
-    "@nuxtjs/i18n": "^8.5.3",
+    "@nuxtjs/i18n": "^9.1.0",
     "@pinia/nuxt": "^0.5.4",
     "@tiptap/core": "2.2.4",
     "@tiptap/extension-bold": "2.2.4",
@@ -145,9 +145,8 @@
   "pnpm": {
     "patchedDependencies": {
       "pinceau": "patches/pinceau.patch",
-      "vue-i18n": "patches/vue-i18n.patch",
       "nuxt-security": "patches/nuxt-security.patch",
-      "nuxt": "patches/nuxt.patch"
+      "@nuxtjs/i18n@9.1.0": "patches/@nuxtjs__i18n@9.1.0.patch"
     }
   },
   "resolutions": {
diff --git a/patches/@nuxtjs__i18n@9.1.0.patch b/patches/@nuxtjs__i18n@9.1.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ab0808cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/@nuxtjs__i18n@9.1.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/dist/module.mjs b/dist/module.mjs
+index b6def32f8bde5516e6ee0a25f153b01803f55683..897b44120533fdb74b33d9d4dff1d21b910073ca 100644
+--- a/dist/module.mjs
++++ b/dist/module.mjs
+@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ async function extendBundler({ options: nuxtOptions }, nuxt) {
+     fullInstall: nuxtOptions.bundle.fullInstall,
+     onlyLocales: nuxtOptions.bundle.onlyLocales,
+     dropMessageCompiler: nuxtOptions.bundle.dropMessageCompiler,
+-    optimizeTranslationDirective: true,
++    optimizeTranslationDirective: false,
+     strictMessage: nuxtOptions.compilation.strictMessage,
+     escapeHtml: nuxtOptions.compilation.escapeHtml,
+     defaultSFCLang: nuxtOptions.customBlocks.defaultSFCLang,
diff --git a/patches/nuxt.patch b/patches/nuxt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 59c538ae60..0000000000
--- a/patches/nuxt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dist/index.mjs b/dist/index.mjs
-index a5c61adc0c21b5df5b1a3ffcf81d2469c7f96873..9241cf294b398b43a4a5555f39746a6c844d0b0f 100644
---- a/dist/index.mjs
-+++ b/dist/index.mjs
-@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ function createTransformPlugin(nuxt, getComponents, mode) {
-   }
-   return createUnplugin(() => ({
-     name: "nuxt:components:imports",
-+    enforce: "post",
-     transformInclude(id) {
-       id = normalize(id);
-       return id.startsWith("virtual:") || id.startsWith("\0virtual:") || id.startsWith(nuxt.options.buildDir) || !isIgnored(id);
diff --git a/patches/vue-i18n.patch b/patches/vue-i18n.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65bdda43e5..0000000000
--- a/patches/vue-i18n.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dist/vue-i18n.d.ts b/dist/vue-i18n.d.ts
-index 8d5c4fc0e551ab3beccfcaa67764818a2c4c6756..0cee95f214e03add239d3df5e91ad2a8a154ac1e 100644
---- a/dist/vue-i18n.d.ts
-+++ b/dist/vue-i18n.d.ts
-@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ export declare type WarnHtmlInMessageLevel = 'off' | 'warn' | 'error';
- 
- export { }
- 
--declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
-+declare module 'vue' {
-   /**
-    * Component Custom Options for Vue I18n
-    *
diff --git a/plugins/setup-i18n.ts b/plugins/setup-i18n.ts
index d421f954a4..9c292159e0 100644
--- a/plugins/setup-i18n.ts
+++ b/plugins/setup-i18n.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { Locale } from '#i18n'
+
 export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxt) => {
   const t = nuxt.vueApp.config.globalProperties.$t
   const d = nuxt.vueApp.config.globalProperties.$d
@@ -11,14 +13,14 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxt) => {
     const i18n = useNuxtApp().$i18n
     const { setLocale, locales } = i18n
     const userSettings = useUserSettings()
-    const lang = computed(() => userSettings.value.language)
+    const lang = computed(() => userSettings.value.language as Locale)
 
     const supportLanguages = unref(locales).map(locale => locale.code)
     if (!supportLanguages.includes(lang.value))
       userSettings.value.language = getDefaultLanguage(supportLanguages)
 
     if (lang.value !== i18n.locale)
-      await setLocale(userSettings.value.language)
+      await setLocale(userSettings.value.language as Locale)
 
     watch([lang, isHydrated], () => {
       if (isHydrated.value && lang.value !== i18n.locale)